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[Park Hyung Sik]

[Jeon So Nee]

[Pyo Ye Jin]

[Yun Jong Seok]

[Lee Tae Seon]

[Our Blooming Youth]

[This is a work of fiction. All the characters, groups, places, and incidents have no connection to historical facts. The use of animals during filming was done with props or special effects.]

[Gab Dol, Yeon Hee, Yong Goo, Dong Shik, Chil Goo...]

H-Hyungnim, what is the matter?

That bitch...

She planned this all along.

[Final Episode] What is your name?

- My name is Yeon Hee. - Oh, Yeon Hee...

- What is your name? - It is Yeon Hee.

Lift your head.

Tonight, would you be willing to change your fate?

While I saw you entering earlier,

I thought it would be a waste for someone with your face to remain a lowly courtesan.

Do you know who is coming to this house tonight?

The King himself will visit

the house of Jo Won Bo in Buwon-gun of Seongju.

It's a place where I am inviting the revered King,

so I cannot have a lowly courtesan enter his presence.

Thus...

I will...

introduce you as a daughter of our family line.

From now on, you are a daughter of the Jo family of Seongju,

Soo Young.

Inside my womb...

I am carrying the King's child.

That bitch...

That bitch dared to...

You...

You bitch!

What do you think it is?

Is it not the egg of an animal?

It looks like the egg of a fish.

What are you doing?

If it's from the Queen, we need it as evidence-

Forgive me for my rudeness, Your Highness.

This is the egg of a fish called Mooyyanghyeolmok.

- Mooyyanghyeolmok... - It is a fish from Byeokcheon.

Some adults prayed to that fish, saying it lived for a thousand years.

There were strange stories about that fish.

One was that the fish ate human blood,

and another was if anyone eats that fish's eggs

would go mad.

Then, to fulfill the ghost's letter that they sent to you...

You will wander through all the land mad,

and disappear alone while lost in a confusing world

It's such a relief that we were able to stop it before anything happened.

That fish is still alive.

When I stopped by the Queen's Palace not too long ago, I saw that redfish there.

Welcome.

- What is this, Uncle? - Tell me.

How is it that your name is in the letter of complaint written by the Byeokcheon people?

Ten years ago, that day...

did you come to kill me?

That is right. I had gone there to kill you.

You deserve to die in the worst way possible.

So I had gone to end your life in front of the King.

However...

I suppose you needed to save Song's child that was in your womb?

Don't you dare speak of the Grand Prince with your dirty lips!

Did you plan to expose what happened in Byeokcheon

after the Grand Prince rose to the throne?

You cannot stop me.

If the King finds out about all of this,

the Grand Prince will not be able to retain his life.

Will you tell the King that you deceitfully offered up to the King, a lowly courtesan,

and a woman of the Song family

as a daughter of the Jo family of Seongju?

Also, once the King finds out the wicked things you have done

to the people of Byeokcheon ten years ago,

you will not be able to retain your life as well.

Until the Grand Prince rises to the throne,

you also cannot reveal what happened in Byeokcheon.

You cannot have the Grand Prince rise to the throne as a son of Song.

I know where the people of Byeokcheon are living together.

They are at Naean Village in Mt. Songak.

I will catch and kill them all.

Just like ten years ago,

once I come back after shutting up those animals,

I will consider what I should do about you and that child of Song.

Before you do that,

I will end your life!

You!

Court Lady Kwon, Court Lady Kwon!

Do you think I let Court Lady Kwon alone?

She deceived me all these years

and had delivered my words to you...

I am not the only one who found out about Naean Village.

Since the deposed Crown Prince went to Naean Village, I cannot let him live.

If the deposed Crown Prince comes back to the Palace alive,

not only would you and the Grand Prince's life be at risk,

it would be difficult to retain my own life.

You know what this uncle has desired for so long.

It does not matter if it is the child of Song.

The Grand Prince must become the Foundation of the Nation

and rise to the throne.

You must become the Queen Mother and the Great Dowager Queen.

That is how...

I would become the king who is above the king.

It was true what the Governor of Gaeseong wrote in his coded message.

This is an anonymous letter that the Queen gave to my son.

[Eunuch Go Soon Dol of the Eastern Palace is Min Jae Yi, the daughter of Gaeseong's governor.]

Also, this is a treaty document that my son received from the Right State Minister.

It is corroborative evidence of Right State Minister Jo Won Bo

asked the Sergeant to assassinate the Crown Prince.

I, Jo Won Bo of Buwon-gun in Seongju, promise the Sergeant Han Seong On

the reinstatement of Left State Minister Han Joong Eon in return for

killing the deposed Crown Prince Yi Hwan and eliminating future trouble.

Immediately go out and gather useful people.

Anyone who is good with a bow and sword.

Anyone who does not hesitate to slaughter an animal that gets in the way.

I will capture all those lowly creatures

- and butcher them! - Yes!

Jo Dae Cheon and Jo Jeong Soo, who went out with me to Byeokcheon ten years ago

will be at the Capital Defense Unit and the Royal Defense Unit.

Go and tell them that I am looking for them.

Yes, sir.

Since we are doing this without the King's command,

they will have to put their life on the line.

Tell them I will compensate them generously.

- Your Highness... - Do not speak.

Your Highness, you must not abandon your people.

You must not abandon them.

Hyun...

My Hyun...

is in the hand of that man Jo Won Bo...

You must stop the Right State Minister.

Do not become like him.

We came so far away...

that it is too late...

to go back to our hometown.

Court Lady Kwon...

Court Lady Kwon!

Court Lady Kwon...

Court Lady Kwon...

There was so much water in Byeokcheon that all you had to do was dig for a well.

I know.

But the people of Naean Village lived like this for ten years.

It's the pretty scholars!

They must have seen the pinwheel letter.

Hey, hurry! Come over here!

Seeing the traces of people, we must almost be at Naean Village.

Your Highness, how about we wait until the full moon, as Tae Kang's twin said?

There are still three days left before the full moon.

How could we wait until then?

Every second is important right now.

Stop! Who are you lot?

Have you betrayed your hometown people?

You are putting your hometown people in danger in the end!

Hyungnim, you are trying to do it your way,

and I am trying to do it my way to protect our hometown people.

Throw away your swords.

I cannot do that.

Make them throw their swords away first.

It is my command.

Throw away your swords.

I came to save you all.

I know you are not bandits

and you are not rebels who set up a new country.

I am...

the Crown Prince of Joseon.

You should speak more accurately.

You are not the Crown Prince but a deposed Crown Prince.

- Crown Prince? - You've already been deposed.

Take them away.

What do you mean by that?

A pinwheel letter?

Besides that, what does it mean that the tall, handsome scholar was the Crown Prince?

An invader has appeared!

An invader has appeared!

Wait, he is...

Although Byeokcheon is my hometown,

I know nothing about that place.

Your Highness.

Put down your sickles and hoes. He is the Crown Prince.

How could the Crown Prince...

They are invaders.

We cannot let anyone who knows about Naean Village live.

We will not let a single person survive.

Before the rooster crows in the morning, we will cut their throats.

Stop!

Stop right there!

They walked in on their own accord.

I am sure they did not come to harm us. They even threw away their swords.

That is right. We saw them throw away their swords.

I heard him saying in the mountain that they came to save us.

For the people of Byeokcheon to go home, that man must disappear.

That man must disappear, and a new Crown Prince must rise to the throne

for the people of Byeokcheon to return home.

I came to hear the stories of injustice you faced.

Please tell me what happened ten years ago in Byeokcheon.

If we tell you, will you believe us?

I know you were not bandits.

I also know that you are not rebels.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

I used to work in the palace.

Let us at least have a conversation.

While I was a eunuch, the Crown Prince brought in Byeokcheon people

to find out about what happened ten years ago.

That is true. I heard he opposed the King when we got kicked out.

However, did he not kick you out in the end?

But he still did not discriminate against and hate us for coming from Byeokcheon.

That is right. He knew we were orphans from Byeokcheon,

and yet he paid for my sister's medicine and gave us money.

If it were not for him, we would already be dead.

If you will confine them, then cut their throats in the morning,

at least let us hear why they came here.

If they really did not come to save us, we can cut their throats then!

Since we already took away their swords,

we have numbers on our side.

Then let us do that.

There is no way your twin, Kang, would have come to harm us.

Please untie us. We will not run away.

Thank you.

Much better...

Now, please lay down your hoes and sickles.

His Highness came to reveal what really happened ten years ago

and give you what you all want.

Please tell me. I will believe you.

Do you really know...

that we are not bandits?

- I know it. - That is right!

We were not thieves.

We just wanted to live as people of Joseon.

All we wanted to do was

to ask the King for help by writing a letter of complaint.

I got a sheet of paper weather stripping from the courtesan house.

I borrowed this from a neighboring village school.

If we write a letter of complaint and take it to the King,

will he really listen to our plea?

It has been so long since I wrote letters.

You are the only person who knows how to write, Oh Wol's Father.

Please ask that they not demand military exemption tax for my dead husband.

I am a criminal for giving birth to a son.

How could I have this baby serve in the military?

Not only that, they confiscated all the deeds to our houses and land.

Aigoo, they even took away our cauldron!

The people are abandoning their children or running away to survive.

How could you not run away? If you do not pay, it means 50 beatings.

How could anyone live like a person after all that beating?

Did you not see Sam Shik's father walk with a limp?

Supposedly, the King is the parent of the people.

How could a parent turn a blind eye when his children are like this?

Now everyone should write their names here.

My name?

Who knows what will happen to us?

- I just remembered something urgent. - Look.

It is time for me to breastfeed Soon.

I mean, my Soon...

Is it all right, even if it is the name of a butcher?

If it is all right to put a girl's name, put my name down, too.

My name is...

Yeon Hee.

You should write it in Chinese characters,

but formalities are not important right now.

My name is Ssang Gae.

Ssang Gae, who here does not know your name?

- My name is Jo Sang Won. - Put my name down, too. It is Seok Gap.

My name is Deok Shim.

Even if they take me away, please raise our Dal Rae and Meo Roo well.

[Bong Deuk]

I was getting medicinal herbs...

Thirty-eight!

Thirty-nine!

Forty!

Du Guk Byung Min!

Look.

Du for eating away.

Are you trying to say that I am a bug?

How dare you, you lowly scum!

You are less than dogs and pigs, yet I considered you people of Joseon.

I made you participate in the military and labor for the nation

so you can participate in all the duties of a people.

And now you are saying that I, your governor,

did wrong?

You bastards really want to die...

Are you sure you brought in all the bastards who signed this?

Does it not say that Hong Je Yong makes the plea?

I am Hong Je Yong.

I am the one who spearheaded this, so just kill me!

He asks to be killed! Beat him!

Hurry up and beat him. Hurry up and beat him!

- Forty-one! - Harder!

Forty-two!

[Yeon Hee]

Please deliver this to His Majesty.

If you do, the Crown Prince will be able to return.

What is this?

Princess,

please take good care

of the Grand Prince.

You will not be able to protect the Grand Prince,

but the only person I can ask is you, Princess.

Why are you saying such things all of a sudden?

Hyun, your father was innocent.

All your father did was open the doors

of the forge.

Your father was not the leader of a group of bandits.

There was no such thing as a leader among us.

Look, Soo Cheon, are you just going to stand around and watch?

Let us just rescue the people.

How could we watch while our village people are dying in there?

The people who are in the jails are dying.

They may even already be dead. Please...

What is this?

By the time the people went to the government office,

no one was there.

Those wicked men

had already fled when they heard we were coming.

Oh Wol's Father!

Gosh... Oh, no...

Aigoo...

That is the seal of the government office.

It would be best to leave this behind.

The one who fled, leaving the people behind, was that bastard, Jo Won Oh.

How could we slash someone who had already fled?

He himself stabbed his own stomach.

Open the door, open the door!

There are rebels!

We waited with white flags raised up.

We believed that if we put up white flags, the people who come from the court

would know that we did not do anything.

Everyone, get to cover!

Hurry, run!

Hurry up and go!

Hurry!

- No, do not go! - We must go!

They are bandits who invaded the government office, wielding sickles and hoes.

Did you think you could avoid punishment by putting up white flags like this?

He must be the leader.

Did you say that he is a blacksmith named Song?

He set fire to the whole village

and cut down anyone they came across.

Whether they were elderly or young, they did not discriminate. They...

just killed anyone they caught.

My daughter died then as well.

Since you are the Crown Prince, answer me.

If she was a bandit, what would she have stolen?

As a five-year-old child

who was so small because she did not even have a millet porridge to eat,

what wrong could she have done?

We should have buried this with her...

She would need this to fall asleep.

We should go.

We have a long way to go.

We will return soon, Oh Wol.

Even though you miss your mommy,

just hold it in for a little bit, okay?

Oh Wol...

All of this was my fault.

I will pay for this crime for the rest of my life,

so everyone,

please go far away

and go on forgetting all of this.

Forget?

How could we forget this?

Do not say stuff like that to us, Monk.

I will get revenge on the ones who did this to us!

Oh Wol...

Oh Wol...

How would you help us now with our situation after all these years?

How can you relieve the feelings of anguish and sorrow

that we have stored up for ten years!

There is no way to repay you

for the past ten years of suffering.

But I will make sure to send you all back to your hometown.

Do you mean that? Will you really send us back to our hometown?

I am the Guardian Warrior of the Royal Bodyguard Unit.

I will protect you on your journey back to your hometown.

And I am the Sergeant Han Seong On.

I will go with you as the governor of Byeokcheon.

All of this has been granted to you by the King.

I will reinvestigate what happened ten years ago in Byeokcheon

and punish the crimes of Right State Minister Jo Won Bo and

Minister of Justice Jon Won Oh, who fabricated everything.

At the same time, if you return with me to Byeokcheon,

I will request five years of tax exemption.

Even after five years, inspectors will be sent out periodically

to watch the activities of the new governor of Byeokcheon.

Then, how about the ban on Byeokcheon people from taking state exams?

The ban on taking state exams for them will be repealed,

so government workers who were unjustly kicked out

will be brought back.

Also, I will set up a special state exam for Byeokcheon

and select talented people from that region.

I will make it so that no one will ever be discriminated against

just because they were from Byeokcheon.

All of this is my will as the Crown Prince of Joseon,

and the King's will.

The fact that I still hold this identity tag of the Crown Prince

shows that I still have authority as the Foundation of this Nation,

and the fact that the position of the Crown Prince is still vacant

shows that I will return to my position as the only Crown Prince of this nation.

Thus, please believe me.

I will make sure

to save you.

Well, since His Highness and the future governor of Byeokcheon said their piece,

I, too, have something to say.

Are we not going to eat?

I mean, it is already time to eat.

Gosh!

If you will cut our throats tomorrow, let us eat before we die, at least.

I heard the people of Byeokcheon were so hospitable.

So please share some food with us!

Please share some food with us!

- Gosh... - Don't be like that.

Let us eat first!

Gosh, seriously.

If we eat, things will be better.

As you have ordered, the soldiers are ready.

They will risk their lives at your command, just like ten years ago.

Your Majesty, it appears the Right State Minister is gathering his own soldiers.

I believe the time you had mentioned has come, Your Majesty.

I will go to the Left State Minister with the milbu* and milji*. (Milbu: A badge to approve a military action / Milji: Secret order)

No, Your Highness.

The King has commanded us not to let anyone inside.

What is going on outside?

The Princess requests to see you and refuses to leave.

Father, I have something to give you.

You must see it right now.

Come in.

Is this not the...

letter of complaint by the people of Byeokcheon?

It is clear that this is a map that leads to Naean Village!

Did the Queen really give you this?

The King is here.

Queen!

What did you drink?

Is it poison?

I will...

receive my punishment

by wandering the earth.

First, eat up.

So, you would farm together and eat meals together as well?

I feel like it tastes better eating together like this.

But what is with all that dirt...

Are there no wells here?

I saw water buckets.

Are you traveling far away to bring back water?

There is no water in this area, no matter how much you dig, I see.

How did you manage to live here all this time without water?

All right. I made some red bean porridge.

Aigoo, how did you know my bowl was empty?

Thank you.

Well, did His Highness go somewhere?

He was here just a moment ago. Where did he go?

He probably went to the outhouse or something.

What is the matter?

Where is the Crown Prince?

Crown Prince ran away!

Crown Prince did not run away.

I just went to pick up this shovel.

I am thinking of doing some shoveling.

Why would you shovel all of a sudden-

I know a thing or two about shoveling. So...

I am thinking of digging a well.

Try digging for a hundred days and see if you get a single drop of water.

He probably never shoveled before.

Who do you think taught him?

Come on. His Highness is shoveling.

How come you are just watching?

The impressive people can shovel.

I, Myung Jin, will have red bean porridge-

Should I dig, too?

I will show you how shoveling is done, then!

Move!

I cannot waste any more time. Move quickly.

Search everywhere! We must find them!

Yes!

Move quickly!

Aigoo!

I do not want to do it. But I have to.

Would you like to switch with me?

You should stay put. This is your master's specialty.

You improved a lot.

My friend is doing it. Then I should, too.

- A lot more. - Okay!

Not yet, one more time.

Move it!

We did not get any water for 10 years. Digging now will not do anything.

- Please stop. - I could not do anything for you,

but I could at least let you drink water.

I will do as much as I can.

Your Highness, stop! You might pass out at this rate!

Your Highness, you should try to renegotiate instead.

No matter how many promises I make,

I would not be able to change their minds.

To change their minds, I need to prove my intention first.

So i just need to keep trying until water comes out.

You are right. You show your heart with your actions,

not with words.

Your Highness!

You have to chop up that big clump first.

You cannot just keep digging.

You will end up hurting yourself.

We will finish the rest. You should stop now.

Everyone, come over here!

Yes, we should do it.

Move quickly!

That is the kind of person he is. Maybe we should trust him.

We are invaded!

Did you think I could not find you if you hid like little mice?

Right State Minister! Did you bring an army without the King's order?

Well, look who is here!

It is the deposed Crown Prince.

I was very worried because I heard you had disappeared on the way to Ganghwa Island.

What are you doing here with these bandits?

Are you not the bandit yourself?

You slaughtered powerless people because you were blinded by authority.

You became a fake meritorious subject by framing the people as traitors.

I came here to prove all of your sins.

You committed a lot of sins. You committed murder by slaughtering innocent people.

You lied to the Royal Court and the people for personal interest.

You instigated the murder of the Crown Prince, and you are breaking the law by using the army

and trying to kill the people of this country again, which is treason.

You will not be able to pay for your sins by just dying.

So what do you want me to do?

All of you will die here today, anyway.

Who will be able to talk about what happened here?

Do you think things will go the way you want?

The King ordered me to arrest the rebel who scorned the royalty and the nation

and slaughtered innocent people!

The King's order! It is the King's order!

Jo Won Bo, the ringleader of the rebels, must put the sword down!

You will be punished for your sins here today.

Attack!

Run away with the women and children.

Let us go this way. This way!

Women and children should come this way!

Be careful, be careful!

Do not let a single person from Byeokcheon live!

You should go without me. I need to go back.

What will you do?

Let us hide for now.

This way.

Yi Hwan!

Jo Won Bo!

Everyone, drop the swords!

I will let you live if you drop the sword now!

Tie him up.

We will take him to the capital and let him pay for his sins properly.

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Hyungnim!

Hyungnim!

The people of Naean Village do not know anything.

They did not do anything wrong.

They just believed that they would be sent...

to their hometown. So...

Please take them...

to hometown...

I promise you.

Everyone here will...

return to their hometown.

Kang.

When I lived as you,

I was able to...

be human and laugh a lot.

His Highness told you to take your medicine.

- You can leave now- - If so, I will see myself out.

Hyungnim! Hyungnim! Hyungnim!

No, Hyungnim! Hyungnim!

Hyungnim!

Hyungnim! Hyungnim!

Hyungnim!

Hyungnim! Hyungnim!

No! Hyungnim!

Hyungnim!

Hyungnim...

Hyungnim!

Hyungnim...

Take this traitor with you immediately!

Since I met you...

I was given a great deal of comfort and peace in this

precarious and desolate palace.

I was always grateful to Grand Prince and you

for that reason.

I am no longer a courtesan who smiles for money.

Blacksmith Song paid the ransom money.

So...

please let me go. Please?

He is waiting for me.

Who are you?

Leave her alone.

The uprising in Byeokcheon 10 years ago was

an incident that was fabricated by Right State Minister

Jo Won Bo and Minister of Justice Jo Won Oh!

That is what they say!

The people of Byeokcheon were just innocent people

who were victimized by the tyranny of government officials.

They were neither bandits nor rebels!

That is what they say!

For finding out the truth of this case,

the deposed Crown Prince will be reinstated, and then...

become the next in line for the throne again!

That is what they say!

Right State Minister Jo Won Bo and Minister of Justice Jo Won Oh

- will be torn into five pieces! - Of course, of course!

They deserve to be torn apart!

Die!

Both of you, die!

Also, for being involved in corruption and abuse of power,

Minister of Rites Jo Ong Yoon and Minister of General Affairs

Ahn Il Nam will be stripped from their positions

and will be exiled outside the capital.

The Queen Jo will be stripped from her position

and Grand Prince Myung Ahn will be removed from the palace

and be exiled to Pyeongan Province!

That is what they say!

Also, the king ordered the Crown Prince to manage national affairs due to his illness.

He also ordered him to find a way to compensate

the people of Byeokcheon for being persecuted and discriminated against.

He ordered him to work hard to

calm down the current state of the country!

That is what they say!

Also, while finding out about the crimes committed by the Jo family of Seongju,

they arrested the real culprit who murdered

the governor of Gaesong's family!

Therefore,

[Wanted: Min Jae Yi]

I announce that Min Jae Yi, the daughter of the governor of Gaeseong, is innocent

and the female servant Jang Ga Ram, who stood by her innocent owner

will be emancipated!

Aigoo! That is great!

By the way, My Lady.

Can you forgive that woman?

She went insane and was roaming around.

I gave birth to a baby!

You are bringing bad luck to my first sale!

- Leave! Leave! - Have you seen my husband?

Have you seen my husband?

Look! A crazy lady!

I gave birth to an impressive son!

How come my husband will not come?

My husband is a blacksmith.

Have you not seen him?

Have you seen my husband?

My husband is a blacksmith from the Song family.

If you see him, please tell him that I gave birth to a boy!

You crazy bitch!

- How annoying! - No, my baby!

No, my baby!

She went insane and even forgot about her only son, too.

She has already been punished for all of her sins.

But Young Master Shim Young put poison in the soup because he was hypnotized.

And the monk who hypnotized him died.

Is she not the one who was behind all this?

At first,

I did not understand why His Highness wanted to save the people of Byeokcheon

by going to Naean Village.

Can you...

forgive them?

You lost your brother because of Jo Won Bo,

but they tried to put a curse on you and kill you.

Are you okay?

I have been worried about you.

I am not okay.

I found out the truth from 10 years ago by hearing their story,

but I lost my family because of them.

It is hard for me to feel compassionate toward them.

I understand...

how you feel.

You understand how I feel, too.

But Jae Yi, where did things start going wrong?

Who is the one who started it?

They were persecuted and kicked out of their own

hometown, and they were homeless for ten years.

There are people who made them desire to return home and nothing else.

Jo Won Bo is the one who gave a peach to Grand Prince.

But how could you blame the Grand Prince for delivering the peach without knowing anything?

The truly bad people are out there.

A vicious circle in which people who were hurt and robbed blame each other.

That is what the bad men truly want.

I just want to cut that vicious circle.

I understand.

I will try to forgive them while promising myself

I will not be defeated by the bad men.

So you will not get defeated by the bad men.

[One year later]

Your Majesty,

Han Seong Ohn, the governor of Byeokcheon, sent you this letter.

Your Majesty, are you doing well?

Everyone is doing well here.

Byeokcheon looks a lot as it used to since we have been working hard rebuilding it.

- Have you been well? - Yes.

His Majesty gifted us with this rice.

Did he really mention me in his letter?

Start at the fifth line.

By the way, Princess sends me letters often.

Why send personal letters to a man who is busy working for the country?

She keeps insisting on visiting Mt. Jaeryong.

Please make sure to tell her this.

Mt. Jaeryong is shorter than Mt. Inwang, and it is less impressive than Mt. Bookak.

If you just want to see mountains, you would be better off going to Namsan-

Why are you laughing, Royal Bodyguard?

I just laughed because I could not help it.

This tea is good for anger.

Drink it.

Let me get married!

It will have to be someone who qualifies.

He used to be the sergeant, and now he is the governor of Byeokcheon.

He is the eldest son of the Han family of Yeongsan.

He is kind and exceptionally loyal.

If he has a flaw, he does not understand women at all.

If he married me, I would be willing to forgive his flaw.

Please tell him that.

But I wonder if he would like Princess...

He should be honored!

He certainly should be.

By the way, what does this mean?

The child you sent me is doing well.

However, something strange happened recently.

That woman came to Byeokcheon.

Mother!

Who are the child and the woman?

Could the child you sent the governor of Byeokcheon

be my brother?

As long as he is alive...

If he is alive with his mother, even though she may be insane,

I am satisfied with that.

[Approval of Marriage]

Your Majesty, you did not leave Maiden Jae Yi alone, did you?

Your hearts are already one.

What are you waiting for?

Joseon is in peace under your reign.

Now you should look after your heart.

Do not let her feel lonely anymore.

Are you looking for Teacher?

He went to Hanseong-bu to check the body that just came in.

The flies keep going into my earthenware pots.

I am so worried that it would ruin the fermented goods.

Can you take care of something like that, too?

Of course, My Lady.

You just need to plant balsams or celosias around the pots.

Flies love flowers as much as bees.

They will prevent them from going into the pots.

How do you know stuff like that, too?

I learned from my teacher.

He knows about everything in this world.

He always tells me not to disregard even small things

and learn about everything useful to people.

Looks like your teacher treats you well.

- Are you in love with him, by chance? - Pardon?

Aigoo! I could never dare...

My teacher is from an aristocratic family.

He is not someone I can have feelings like that for.

Also, his mother has a horrible personality!

Gosh! If she found out about me, I would be dead immediately!

- Did he speak badly of his mother? - Have you not heard?

Everyone in the market knows how awful

the Honorable Lady of Chief State Minister is!

Come inside quickly!

- My ear will fall off! - You...

- Mother? - Moth-

Mother!

It hurts! It hurts...

How long are you planning to do this for?

Is working as some silly troubleshooter in the market your great ambition?

A small help can change the lives of people

who do not know how to read or understand the law.

So will you continue to do this with this girl?

I cannot allow this anymore!

You are no longer our son!

I will remove you from the family registry!

Do not tell anyone that you are my son from now on!

Then, whose son am I, Kim Myung Jin?

How dare you try to use that name?

Give up your name and live as you would like.

We came here to abandon you today.

Let us go!

Remove his name from the family registry?

How could he say something so harsh like that?

It is okay.

I have a separate name.

Pardon?

My name is...

Gom Mung Jin!

Does it not...

go well with Jang Ga Ram?

I think they do go well together.

According to Royal Physician Kim Ji Soo,

His Majesty cannot eat properly because he cannot digest.

It has been already over a year since he has been

having sleepless nights.

My apologies, Your Majesty.

I have been trying acupuncture and prescribing you various medicines,

but nothing has worked.

Is my illness serious?

I deserve to die, Your Majesty!

- I diagnosed you with the wrong disease! - What?

I finally figured out what it was.

- The condition is called Eum Heo Hwa Dong. - Eum Heo Hwa Dong?

Your body lacks yin energy. Therefore you are hot and sweaty, have no appetite,

and you lack energy. That is...

presumed to be lovesickness.

Scribe, you do not have to write that down.

His Majesty looked around, looking very embarrassed

and told him not to write down "lovesickness."

Come now. I told you not to write it down!

He kept saying not to write it down.

It makes perfect sense considering the timing.

It started when Eunuch Go moved to a private residence.

Be quiet!

Lovesickness?

It is not. I said it is not!

Your Majesty, there is no way it is not!

I told you it is not, how could you...

Your Majesty, there is no way it is not.

No. Look, stop writing it down.

I do not know why you are all doing this.

- Your Majesty... - There is no way it is not!

Your Majesty, that is certainly it.

You should all leave now.

Come and open the gate!

Yang!

- Dak! - Dak!

- Nab! - Nab!

- Bam! - Bam!

That is the end of the language lesson for today.

Thank you, Ma'am!

Who is this?

What brings you all the way here...

Have you been well?

Your face looks good. You must have been doing very well.

- Have you- - I have not been well.

The palace is so quiet without you.

It does not feel like where people live.

Come with me.

Will you really keep your promise?

You said you would make me the head eunuch.

What kind of eunuch rides something like that?

I know it is late,

but this is my answer to

your confession from that day.

You took too long, do you not think?

You always talk too much.

So do you not like it?

Well...

I do not dislike it.

Stop beating around the bush and speak properly.

I must hear your answer properly since you took so long.

I confessed my love alone, and you took this long.

Without hearing a proper answer, I will never-

I love you.

I also...

love you, Jae Yi.

♪ Doo-doon, doo-doon. I can hear that sound ♪

♪ Looks like you are about to blossom in me ♪

♪ You already grew so much in my heart ♪

♪ Your buds are about to blossom in my heart ♪

♪ On that beautiful day, even the clouds parted ♪

♪ You were the only one who appeared in my heart ♪

♪ While spending countless days with you ♪

♪ I shared everything I can share with you ♪

♪ The only thing that makes me happy is being with you ♪

♪ There will be no tomorrow without you ♪

♪ The words that are way too sweet ♪

♪ The words that seem so unfamiliar ♪

♪ None of that is necessary ♪

♪ It is not necessary between us ♪

♪ I can tell even when we are apart ♪

[Our Blooming Youth]

♪ I cannot like you more than I already do ♪

♪ While spending countless days with you ♪

♪ I shared everything I can share with you ♪

♪ The only thing that makes me happy is being with you ♪

♪ There will be no tomorrow without you ♪